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Buck Jordan
Baxter Byerly Jordan
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 16, 1907 in Cooleemee, NC (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1927
Final Game: October 2, 1938
Died: March 18, 1993 in Salisbury, NC
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1927 20 NYG NL 5 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 7 1 0 0
1929 22 NYG NL 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 261 2 0 0 /3
1931 24 WSH AL 9 19 18 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .222 .263 .333 .596 55 6 0 0 /3
1932 25 BSN NL 49 219 212 27 68 12 3 2 29 1 4 5 .321 .333 .434 .767 108 92 0 3 3
1933 26 BSN NL 152 643 588 77 168 29 9 4 46 4 34 22 .286 .327 .386 .713 110 227 14 2 19 *3
1934 27 BSN NL 124 535 489 68 152 26 9 2 58 3 35 19 .311 .358 .413 .771 112 202 10 1 10 *3
1935 28 BSN NL 130 491 470 62 131 24 5 5 35 3 19 17 .279 .307 .383 .690 91 180 10 0 2 3/5O
1936 29 BSN NL 138 610 555 81 179 27 5 3 66 2 45 22 .323 .375 .405 .781 116 225 20 2 8 *3
1937 30 TOT NL 106 353 324 46 91 14 3 1 28 6 25 14 .281 .332 .352 .684 90 114 7 0 4 3
1937 30 BSN NL 8 8 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 42 2 1 0 0
1937 30 CIN NL 98 345 316 45 89 14 3 1 28 6 25 14 .282 .334 .354 .689 91 112 6 0 4 3
1938 31 TOT NL 96 339 317 31 95 18 1 0 18 1 19 4 .300 .339 .363 .702 93 115 7 0 3 53
1938 31 CIN NL 9 9 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .286 .444 .286 .730 107 2 0 0 0
1938 31 PHI NL 87 330 310 31 93 18 1 0 18 1 17 4 .300 .336 .365 .701 93 113 7 0 3 53
10 Seasons 811 3216 2980 396 890 153 35 17 281 20 0 182 109 .299 .340 .391 .731 104 1164 68 5 49
162 Game Avg. 162 642 595 79 178 31 7 3 56 4 36 22 .299 .340 .391 .731 104 233 1 10
BSN (6 yrs) 601 2506 2322 316 700 118 31 16 234 13 137 85 .301 .342 .400 .741 108 928 55 5 42
NYG (2 yrs) 7 7 7 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .286 .286 .429 .714 85 3 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 107 354 323 45 91 14 3 1 28 6 27 14 .282 .337 .353 .690 92 114 6 0 4
WSH (1 yr) 9 19 18 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .222 .263 .333 .596 55 6 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 87 330 310 31 93 18 1 0 18 1 17 4 .300 .336 .365 .701 93 113 7 0 3
NL (9 yrs) 802 3197 2962 393 886 151 35 17 280 20 181 106 .299 .341 .391 .731 104 1158 68 5 49
AL (1 yr) 9 19 18 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .222 .263 .333 .596 55 6 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1929 NYG NL 22 1B 1 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 1.00 1.000 10.30
1931 WSH AL 24 1B 7 46 45 0 1 3 .978 6.43 .991 9.70
1932 BSN NL 25 1B 49 550 514 31 5 48 .991 11.12 .990 9.91
1933 BSN NL 26 1B 150 1615 1513 88 14 117 .991 10.67 .990 10.20
1934 BSN NL 27 1B 117 1245 1165 66 14 85 .989 10.52 .991 9.73
1935 BSN NL 28 1B 95 939 857 66 16 59 .983 9.72 .989 9.61
1935 BSN NL 28 3B 8 27 13 13 1 1 .963 3.25 .941 2.71
1935 BSN NL 28 OF 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.30 0-0-2
1936 BSN NL 29 1B 136 1413 1307 96 10 137 .993 10.32 .990 9.91
1937 CIN NL 30 1B 76 723 669 46 8 55 .989 9.41 .989 10.10
1938 PHI NL 31 3B 58 149 42 103 4 13 .973 2.50 .944 2.87
1938 PHI NL 31 1B 17 146 134 12 0 11 1.000 8.59 .992 10.16
9 Seasons 1B 648 6678 6205 405 68 516 .990 10.20 .990 8.36
2 Seasons 3B 66 176 55 116 5 14 .972 2.59 .943 2.85
1 Season OF 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 .967 2.30 0-0-2
10 Seasons TOT 716 6860 6266 521 73 530 .989 9.48 .978 9.25 0-0-2

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
Career--.299--225th

Games Played s c a p y
1933 NL--152--5th

At Bats s c a p y
1933 NL--588--8th

Triples s c a p y
1933 NL--9--9th

Singles s c a p y
1936 NL--144--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1933 NL--19--4th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1936 NL--20--2nd

AB per SO s c a p y
1933 NL--26.7--7th
1934 NL--25.7--5th
1935 NL--27.6--7th
1936 NL--25.2--8th
1937 NL--23.1--6th
Career--27.3--32nd

Outs Made s c a p y
1933 NL--453--5th

Youngest s c a p y
1927 NL--born 1907-01-16--5th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 5 (1493), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1646), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Frank Torre (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Eddie Waitkus (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

September 30, 1930: Drafted by the Washington Senators from Newark (International) in the 1930 rule 5 draft.

August, 1931: Traded by the Washington Senators with Pinky Hargrave to Baltimore (International) for Johnny Gill.

August 5, 1932: Traded by Baltimore (International) to the Boston Braves for Bill Akers, Bruce Cunningham and Bill McAfee.

May 12, 1937: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Boston Bees.

June 10, 1938: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Philadelphia Phillies for Justin Stein.

March 29, 1939: Purchased by Syracuse (International) from the Philadelphia Phillies.

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